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The Hidden Burden of Mortality Across the Spectrum of ICD-10 Conditions in Australia: A Multiple Cause of Death Analysis

2026-02-09 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundDeath certificates record both an underlying cause and contributing conditions, yet mortality statistics predominantly report only the underlying cause. We quantify this "hidden burden" across all ICD-10 conditions in Australian mortality data using the multiple-to-underlying ratio (MUR): total death certificate mentions divided by underlying cause deaths. MethodsWe analysed Australian Bureau of Statistics Causes of Death 2023 data (N = 187,268 registered deaths) to compute the ratio ...

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